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UMBRELLAHOLDER.

No. 424,041. Patented Ma1n25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK. F. WARD, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO EDGAR E. BROWNSON AND EDMUND S. RANKIN, OF SAME PLACE.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,041, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed July 1, 1889. Serial No. 3161210. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK. F. WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Umbrella- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the belowdescribed and claimed construction of an umbrella-holder, in the use of which the umbrella is in a vertical position; and it particularly has for its object the peculiar construction of the holder to receive the tapered part of the umbrella, when folded, near the handle, substantially as set forth.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation with a portion in Vertical section on line 2 2, in Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan of lettered details in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective of lettered details in Fig. 1.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A is the base bar of the frame, 0 is the upper bar, and e e are bars attached at their ends to the upper and base bars to hold them firm in a separated position to each other. This frame may be of any desired form and may be suspended from the ceiling of a room or may be supported by legs or other foundation, or it may be circular and arranged to turn on a central pivot or axis, none of these plans being here shown, as the main feature of the invention consists in the parts which hold the umbrellas.

At D are loops attached to the upper bar 0 on one side, as in Fig. 2, or they may be on both sides of said bar. These upper loops receive the upper end of the umbrella, as in Fig. 1. p

The lower part of the umbrella is held at the tapered part of the cover when closed, just above the handle, by the receptacle B, the bar A being provided with a series of the same. These receptacles B are funnel-formed and open at the side, Figs. 1 and 2, with the largest end up. The entire edge of this receptacle is preferably rolled outward, as in Fig. 2, to prevent catching the cloth part of the umbrella and wearing the same, and also to stiffen the receptacle and enable me to use light material, metal, or otherwise, as pre ferred.

In the operation of placing the umbrella in the holder the upper end is inserted through the loop D far enough to allow the handle to pass through the open side of the receptacle B, and then the umbrella is lowered, bringing its tapered part into the funnelshaped receptacle, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The receptacles B may be used in connection with any suitable construction for holding the upper end of the umbrellas in lieu of the loops D.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

An umbrella-holder comprising the frame having the upper and lower bars, loops attached to the upper bar, and the funnel-formed receptacles or holders attached in a vertical position to the lower bar, with the larger end uppermost, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK. F. WARD.

Witnesses:

W. ENGLISH, L. N. BURKE. 

